Police said the two men were caught in an abandoned home on Lincoln Street in Jersey City.Google Maps

Two Hudson County men were arrested after
police found them stealing copper out of a Lincoln Street residence, police said.

Officers were dispatched to 23 Lincoln St. Friday
afternoon on a report of a burglary in progress to an abandoned house.

When officers approached the front of the house, which was
boarded up, they heard noises coming from inside the home, police reports said. Officers
then entered through a rear door, which had been kicked in, and saw Marino Ortiz, 24, of Union City, holding a black bag full of 50 cut pieces of
copper, reports state.

Officers continued through the house and found Jose Haddock,
48, of Jersey City, hiding on the second floor, reports state. Police said
neither man had permission to be in the home.

During a warrant check, Ortiz was found to have open
warrants from Union City, West New York and Weehawken. Haddock was also found
to have an open warrant from Secaucus, reports state.